WEBVTT - MINI: Do you have Wearable Anxiety? ⌚️

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<v Speaker 1>Britt Laura, you know that at the best of times,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a little health anxious. I've got health anxiety, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, normally I love to tell a joke. I

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<v Speaker 1>love to be funny. But I have a brain condition

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<v Speaker 1>which I've spoken about on the show, and I've had

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<v Speaker 1>a listener's message with me. I've actually it's beautiful. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a condition called Chiari malformation, and it's congenital. You're

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<v Speaker 1>born with it. Like the base of my brain, the

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<v Speaker 1>cerebellum is falling through my spinal cord, blocking the flow

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<v Speaker 1>of brain fluid, ruins my central nervousystem. It's a whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had mothers of kids that have this condition message

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<v Speaker 1>me and go I heard you picking up the girls

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<v Speaker 1>and they've got this condition, and keep you.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And they were so excited to hear it in the

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<v Speaker 1>car because then neurosurgeon goes it's a rare condition, no

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<v Speaker 1>one has it, and then they get in the car

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<v Speaker 1>and they hear it.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's also nice to see that somebody that when

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<v Speaker 3>you're told that your child is born with something, you

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<v Speaker 3>automatically think the worst is going to happen, even though

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<v Speaker 3>you hope for the best. So it's nice to be like,

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<v Speaker 3>look at this normal, successful person that's living with this totally.

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<v Speaker 1>But something that I wanted to talk about was was

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<v Speaker 1>the I don't know how to even explain it. My

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<v Speaker 1>neurologists calls it wearable anxiety. We all have Apple watches.

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<v Speaker 1>We even now have smart rings. You've got a whoop.

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<v Speaker 4>Whip on me right now. Yeah, they're caught an aura,

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<v Speaker 4>the one that people wear.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like your ring.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it might look lovely, but they're cool. But

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<v Speaker 1>they monitor our blood pressure. I'm not blood oxygen. They

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<v Speaker 1>monitor our heart rate, they can atual fibrillation, they could

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<v Speaker 1>do temperature, they can do everything. And I've realized in

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<v Speaker 1>the last few weeks that my Apple watch that I

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<v Speaker 1>wear every day is causing me way more harm than

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<v Speaker 1>good my anxiety through the roof. I wake up and

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<v Speaker 1>I have I have like a routine. I check what

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<v Speaker 1>my heart rate was while I slept, I check my

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<v Speaker 1>blood oxygen, I make sure my temperature is okay. I

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<v Speaker 1>could even do an ECG on my wrist that checks

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<v Speaker 1>st No. I know, I know. And I was telling

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<v Speaker 1>my neurosurgeon this, like I've got this and I've got

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<v Speaker 1>this and I've got this any way, you've got wearable anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>They have seen they think people that wear wearables, up

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<v Speaker 1>to fifty five percent of people that wear like an

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<v Speaker 1>Apple watch or a ring have health anxiety purely because

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<v Speaker 1>of it.

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<v Speaker 4>I understand it for people who are like high performance

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<v Speaker 4>athletes who need to track what they're doing and they're like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, they're counting their macros and their microbes and

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<v Speaker 4>all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But for the average person.

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<v Speaker 4>Like I don't need to know exactly how many steps

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<v Speaker 4>I've done every day. I don't need to know how

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<v Speaker 4>many hours or minutes of sleep I've gotten. And also

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<v Speaker 4>I think it always sets you up for like if

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<v Speaker 4>you firstly, if you think you've had a good night's

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<v Speaker 4>sleep and then your watch tells you you haven't, you

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<v Speaker 4>probably feel more tired. But on the flip side, I

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<v Speaker 4>know when I've had a terrible night sleep because I'm

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<v Speaker 4>up with the kids, and it tells me I've had

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<v Speaker 4>a decent night sleep, and then I feel gas.

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<v Speaker 2>Lily dare you I like them.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's just for the right person and the

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<v Speaker 3>right type of technology. So I think for a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people it's super motivating. People want to know the

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<v Speaker 3>steps that they've gotten because they're like, oh, I haven't

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<v Speaker 3>hit what I should be for my baseline, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to go do some more. But I think for someone

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<v Speaker 3>like you Mi's you need to do what I do.

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<v Speaker 3>So I wear the Whoop, which doesn't have a screen,

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<v Speaker 3>so it doesn't so for me, I would get the

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<v Speaker 3>anxiety around constantly getting notifications on my wrist that there's

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<v Speaker 3>a message, that there's an emails that I haven't walked

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<v Speaker 3>enough that I have like the constant. I couldn't deal

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<v Speaker 3>with it. But I think for you this could be

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<v Speaker 3>really great. There's no screen, there's no alerts. You forget

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<v Speaker 3>about it until the morning that you wake up and

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<v Speaker 3>you're like, oh I check my sleep, check my heart rate.

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<v Speaker 2>Get on with the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I actually think if you've got an Apple Watch

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<v Speaker 1>hair back your notifications, you can go into settings. I

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<v Speaker 1>do the same thing. I was getting snapchat notifications like

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<v Speaker 1>my mom ping ping, I was getting news headlines, I

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<v Speaker 1>was getting time to stand, I was getting drink more

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<v Speaker 1>water from my water app. It's two much overloading and

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<v Speaker 1>it trains your brain. You know what else it does?

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<v Speaker 1>It like discourages self management, so it makes you rely

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<v Speaker 1>on the results from the watch, and then it actually

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<v Speaker 1>stops me from implementing strategies to make myself actually feel better.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh the watch is telling me this, so I'll listen

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<v Speaker 1>to what the watch says.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also, yeah, why didn't you turn up to that

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<v Speaker 2>really important meeting?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, my Apple didn't tell me to. You still look

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<v Speaker 2>after your own life.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you have to keep calendar notifications on because then

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<v Speaker 1>you miss the meeting. So please be very careful, but

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<v Speaker 1>just try. Here's my tip. If you're listening to this

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got Apple Watch, are any wearable? Take it

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<v Speaker 1>off for a day or a week and just see

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<v Speaker 1>how you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure I don't want to see you with that

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<v Speaker 2>on every again.

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<v Speaker 1>I got barious. We'll post a photo of the pickup,

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<v Speaker 1>soeous too much risk for me? William? What are youre

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<v Speaker 1>up next? Beeking at a gorgeous risks? So the boys

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<v Speaker 1>are driving your home and we'll see you tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, we'll see you tomorrow?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you just picturing? Will What is bare risk? I was?

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<v Speaker 4>You just gave me a real visual and I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>am I doing something perverted?

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell? Just a wrist just a wrist just

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<v Speaker 2>as

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<v Speaker 1>Good bye bye